I would like to recognize that for over 25 years, the Federal government, together with Indian tribes, states, and local parties, have acknowledged that negotiated Indian water rights settlements are preferable to the protracted litigation.
Connor highlights the preference for negotiated settlements over litigation in water rights.
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